A group that opposes the United States' immigration policies asked the county attorney on Tuesday to "stand on the right side of history" and drop charges against them relating to a five-hour public protest in Louisville last week.

Eight of the nine Occupy ICE protesters who blocked the elevators to the Heyburn Building, where federal immigration court is held on the 11th floor, pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal trespassing during an arraignment on Tuesday morning.

But now, the group is asking for Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell to dismiss all the charges.

"To stand in solidarity with the Heyburn Nine, we call on County Attorney Mike O’Connell, to prove he stands on the right side of history by exercising his prosecutorial discretion and drop all charges against the Heyburn Nine," a statement from Occupy ICE said.

O'Connell said in a statement to the Courier Journal that he will "review the facts involved in this matter and address these cases in the same equitable and professional manner."

The protest at the Heyburn Building last week came after more than three weeks of demonstrations from the group. Their calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began in response to President Donald Trump's policies of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. The government has since been ordered to reunite families.

Protesters Robert Eiden and Sonja Devries wait to be arraigned for their participation in last week's demonstration at the Heyburn Building, where the ICE office is located. July 31, 2018.(Photo: By Pat McDonogh, Cpourier Journal)

One of the protesters, Cooley, could not appear in court on Monday.

Several Louisville-area lawyers are representing the protesters.

"We've got a group of people who are exercising not just a fundamentally American right, but a human right," said Dan Canon, a Louisville attorney and former Democratic congressional candidate in Indiana. "We'll see how these charges play out."

Occupy ICE protester David Horvath was hugged outside the Hall of Justice prior to being arraigned in connection to last week's demonstration at the Heyburn Building. July 31, 2018.(Photo: By Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal)

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Occupy ICE protesters Sonja Devries and David Horvath, in rear, enter the Hall of Justice to be arraigned on charges stemming from the demonstration at the Heyburn Building. July 31, 2018.(Photo: By Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal.)